2006-10-02 11:47:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
"Hip hop music" and "rap music" mean virtually the same thing. However, some people associate the term "rap" with the more mainstream variety of the genre (which nowadays often includes R&B or pop elements) and reserve the term "hip hop" for the variety of the genre that stays closer to the roots of hip hop music (i.e. - speaking on social and/or political issues, storytelling, bragging about one's lyrical skills while roasting another MC, etc.).
But to be really specific, hip hop itself is a culture. Rap music or hip hop music (specifically, MCing) is just one element of that culture. The other elements of the culture are graffiti, breakdancing (aka - breakin'), DJing and a more recently added element, beatboxing.
2006-10-02 13:30:44 · answer #1 · answered by SugrNspyce4 :) 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Rap is just music, hip hop is a whole culture which happens to include rap.
2006-10-02 11:48:30 · answer #2 · answered by Nico 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
They're both performed by people who can't sing or play an instrument and still call themselves musicians. Plus, all the noise in the background is done on a computer.
2006-10-02 11:55:14 · answer #3 · answered by stevewbcanada 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Rap is more of emotion and life experiences expressed. Hip Hop is dance music, something to get you up and jumping.
2006-10-02 11:49:23 · answer #4 · answered by SwoonWorthy 6 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Umm...maybe rap has people talking to a beat and hip hop has people singing to a beat.
2006-10-02 11:49:12 · answer #5 · answered by fruitcakeweather 3 · 1⤊ 5⤋
One is annoying, and the other is irritating?
As my dad would have said, "It's just noiiiiiiiiise!" :)
2006-10-02 11:51:16 · answer #6 · answered by sean_djc 1 · 1⤊ 3⤋
none. they are both crap.
2006-10-02 11:48:59 · answer #7 · answered by lucia m 1 · 1⤊ 4⤋